Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262038AbUJYQFp (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:05:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262032AbUJYQAm (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:00:42 -0400 Received: from pauli.thundrix.ch ([213.239.201.101]:51178 "EHLO pauli.thundrix.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261957AbUJYPc3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:32:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:29:21 +0200 From: Tonnerre To: Helge Hafting Cc: Timothy Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Message-ID: <20041025152921.GA25154@thundrix.ch> References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <1098442636l.17554l.0l@hh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098442636l.17554l.0l@hh> X-GPG-KeyID: 0x8BE1C38D X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1AB0 9AD6 D0C8 B9D5 C5C9 9C2A FF86 CBEE 8BE1 C38D X-GPG-KeyURL: http://users.thundrix.ch/~tonnerre/tonnerre.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1066 Lines: 37 --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Salut, On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:57:16AM +0000, Helge Hafting wrote: > 24-bit color > ------------ Why don't you use 32-bit colors? 24-bit packed pixels are a pita, and a lot of OpenGL hardware doesn't support 24bpp. You might atcually get better graphics/performance/etc. if you stick to 32bpp. Only that the framebuffer size increases by 1/3rd. Tonnerre --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBfRvR/4bL7ovhw40RAoo9AKCieobgSdujjCODIWK8QgDTU6+jcgCeKLcQ sq/7aR9KShK2ZOChfrxIaPI= =5YUk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/